06-20-2025, 07:38 PM
(06-20-2025, 11:12 AM)tomh009 Wrote:(06-19-2025, 11:02 AM)SammyOES Wrote: I hadn’t realized the drop from Covid. From over 1,000 a year to a couple hundred. Although it seems like the data is from 2022 and so we are seeing Covid more than anything else. Particularly given the lead time for a commercial license and the severe blow covid had to aviation. It’ll be interesting to see the numbers of the people that started during the post-COVID aviation boom.
Not sure what numbers WWFC was using for their 20%.
WWFC numbers are of the total pilot population so that will not change as fast as the annual new pilot numbers.
Oh, gotcha. I misread / misinterpreted it as 20% of new licenses. This stat is even more impressive, imo.